Tag Archives: David Armano

How to be an Effective Corporate Ambassador

Originally posted on Logic + Emotion.

An individual who aligns themselves with a larger organization and has established a reputation, let’s say in a niche is no longer representing themselves, they represent themselves, and the organization they work for. In other words, they become ambassadors for both.

Now here’s the challenge: being a visible ambassador which connects the internal with external means drawing attention to yourself—a role which has traditionally been limited to a select few, such as a CEO, or formal spokesperson. In either of these ro…

Media Isn't Social

Originally posted on Logic + Emotion.

Several weeks ago I delivered a 16 minute TEDx talk titled “reinventing social media.” Typically I like to frame topics outside of the social media bubble, but in this instance the topic itself and the purpose of the talk was designed to get us all thinking about things a bit differently. You see, businesses, brands and organizations are truly struggling with the disruptive nature of social technologies. In fact, the term “social technologies” is part of the problem—we are all fixated on the technologies and meanwhile th…

Shutting Down Shamu: When Social Media & Legal Don’t Connect

On May 20, Edelman Montreal co-hosted a Social Media Summit with a leading Canadian law firm and Edelman client, McCarthy Tétrault, titled “Bridging the Gap between Marketing and Legal.” VPs of both marketing communications and legal departments let loose on their concerns and the challenges they face in going digital. The roster of speakers included Edelman’s own Steve Rubel, David Armano, Sylvain Perron and Becca Young and on the legal side, Vanessa Grant and Véronique Wattiez-Larose, expert attorneys from McCarthy Tétrault.

The speakers all worked together t…

Report: 8 Criteria For Facebook Marketing Success

Originally posted on Logic + Emotion.

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While the current trend in all things social is demonstrating ROI (did Old Spice Increase sales etc?) There remains a lack of emphasis on actually executing well in social spaces with the assumption that this is simply where customers, consumers, employees etc. will go to seek information and interact. That’s why I think Altimeter’s recent report listing out 8 success criteria specific to marketing initiatives on Facebook is a breath of fresh air. I was fortunate to help inform the rep…

Engaging Brian Solis

If you don’t know who Brian Solis is, perhaps you should take a closer look. Brian is one of the veterans of the communications space who has pushed the PR industry into new territory as an early adopter who fully embraced Web 2.0 and the changes it has brought. You may have seen Brian’s thinking in a slideshow near you—his Conversation Prism is ubiquitous social media frameworks. He’s also written a new book simply titled “Engage” which lays out in depth how organizations can better engage with multiple stakeholders in an era where participation rules and …

Health Digital Check-Up: SlideShare Suggestions

There are many reasons we end up creating a deck for ourselves or a client. Sometimes it is for an important stakeholder meeting, other times, it’s to introduce a new plan or strategy. Either way, once those events are over, that presentation may find itself buried on a server somewhere, never to be seen again, far from the social Web.

Why horde information, though? Did you know that there actually is a place where you can share your decks with a wider audience? SlideShare is basically a YouTube for visual presentations, and not only is it a place for you to share, …

SOBCon2010, Here We Come

This Friday through Sunday David Armano, Rick Murray and I will be attending SOBCon2010 in Chicago. SOBCon is a think tank of some of the most brilliant minds in the digital world. Chris Brogan, Liz Strauss, Amber Naslund, Loren Feldman, Geoff Livingston, Scott Porad and many more will be discussing new strategies and tactics for integrating online and offline social marketing. Our very own Rick Murray will also be presenting on messages, campaigns, and communities.

Just like our coverage of SXSW, we’ll be shooting video, doing interviews, and writing about t…

Hoedown At The Driskill

Evidently, what happens in Austin, doesn’t always stay there. Thanks to applications such as Foursquare which notifies you about local trending locations, a small mob of SXSW attendees descended upon the Driskill Hotel. Once we were there we noticed a small crowd around some impromptu square dancers. The scene at SXSW is what you would expect—brainfood by day and numerous tweet-ups and parties by night.

Image credit: neonzu1

CoTweet Heats Up At SXSW

It’s only day one of SXSW interactive in Austin, Texas and things are already heating up…literally. At 5:00 today the fire alarms in the Austin Convention Center went off and everyone was evacuated. Fire alarms aside the networking still continued. We spoke with Jesse Engle, Co-Founder and CEO of CoTweet (a twitter management system) about their recent acquisition.

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